A god - one of a group.
God - One and only.
Nothing incomprehensible about that.
Syl
The greatest man?
by Satanus 24 Replies latest watchtower bible
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sabastious
It's not a statement of what god is, but about the different ideas contained in the two grammatical structures
Ah, I see.
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Chalam
1 Corinthians 8:4-7
English Standard Version (ESV)
4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one." 5 For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"— 6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
7 However, not all possess this knowledge...
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sabastious
God - One and only.
Nothing incomprehensible about that.
I would say anything involving the First Cause is incomprehensible.
-Sab
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Satanus
'anything involving the First Cause is incomprehensible.'
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You're sitting quietly on a cloud, trying to meditate, when you hear a strange metallic noise. You look over at the cloud next to you, and see a little bald kid in a robe, tying a spork in a knot. With his mind.
"Hey, kid," you say, "how are you doing that?"
"First, there was the Tao," he replies sagely. "From the Tao came forth the Server. From the Server came forth the Database. And from the Database came ten thousand things."
"...What?"
"When you realize the truth, you will see that there is no spork. It is the mind that bends."
"Your mind's pretty bent all right, kid."
Discworld
You wander around contemplating the infinite. Blah, blah, drop in the ocean of eternity, blah blah sands in the hourglass, blah blah. You see a robed, hooded figure off in the near-infinite distance and hustle over to catch up with him. It turns out to be the personification of Death. You get a little dizzy looking at him/her -- he/she switches between a robed, hooded bald guy, a robed, hooded skeleton, and a hot goth girl.
"GREETINGS." It says. "WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A GAME? MAYBE SOME CHESS? OR PARCHEESI? ANYTHING BUT TWISTER. I SUCK AT TWISTER."
"No thanks," you respond, edging away. "I'm just contemplating the infinite."
"AH, YES," it says. "I'VE SEEN THE INFINITE. IT'S BLUE."
You look around. "It doesn't look blue to me..."
"TRUST ME," it says. "FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT'S BLUE."
"But you can't get outside the infinite... it's, y'know... infinite."
Death stares at you from empty eye sockets, blue eyes rimmed with eyeliner, and brown bloodshot eyes. "HAVE IT YOUR WAY. SO, WANNA PLAY SOME BATTLESHIP?"'
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snowbird
I would say anything involving the First Cause is incomprehensible.
-Sab
Then, how are you able to comprehend that there is the First Cause?
Syl
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Satanus
'I would say anything involving the First Cause is incomprehensible.'
WHO is saying that? Ask yourself.
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